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Post by Panda on Oct 17, 2005 21:07:36 GMT 1
Anyone see the Grand Prix final yesterday? John Higgins was awesome. Probably the best match he's ever played.
Next up is the return of Pot Black in a couple of weeks. Anyone could win that...
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Post by Panda on Oct 17, 2005 21:18:21 GMT 1
Updated provisional world rankings after the Grand Prix:
(Last season's rankings in brackets)
1(1) Ronnie O'Sullivan
2(2) Stephen Hendry
3(6) John Higgins
4(3) Stephen Maguire
5(21) Shaun Murphy
6(15) Steve Davis
7(11) Ken Doherty
8(7) Peter Ebdon
9(12) Alan McManus
10(30) Barry Hawkins
11(10) Stephen Lee
12(16) Ian McCulloch
13(4) Matthew Stevens
14(17) Anthony Hamilton
15(18) Barry Pinches
16(28) Neil Robertson
17(8) Jimmy White
18(19) Ali Carter
19(23) David Gray
20(26) Robert Milkins
21(31) Andy Hicks
22(13) Graeme Dott
23(33) Ryan Day
24(5) Paul Hunter
25(9) Mark Williams
26(38) Mark Selby
27(24) Michael Holt
28(27) Nigel Bond
29(20) Mark King
30(22) Quinten Hann
31(37) Stuart Bingham
32(14) Joe Perry
33(46) Adrian Gunnell
34(48) Ricky Walden
35(38) Gerard Greene
36(32) James Wattana
37(25) Marco Fu
38(45) Dave Harold
39(35) Drew Henry
40(42) Mark Davis
41(29) John Parrott
42(40) Joe Swail
43(51) Tom Ford
44(36) Tony Drago
45(49) Rory McLeod
46(43) Michael Judge
47(60) Rod Lawler
48(34) Dominic Dale
49(52) Marcus Campbell
50(54) Shokat Ali
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56(66) Darren Morgan
60(62) Ding Junhui
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Post by Kristofferson67 on Oct 17, 2005 21:31:42 GMT 1
Boo at Jimmy White being dumped outta the top 16.  |
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Post by Panda on Oct 17, 2005 21:34:50 GMT 1
Boo at Jimmy White being dumped outta the top 16. It doesn't really mean much at this stage. There's often a lot of movement after the first tournament, as the high-ranked players have lost a lot of points from 2 seasons ago and will suffer if they lose early on, whilst the lower ranked players haven't lost many points and can get a big jump if they do well (see Barry Hawkins). |
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Post by -Big Dan- on Oct 18, 2005 19:12:12 GMT 1
Anyone see the Grand Prix final yesterday? John Higgins was awesome. Probably the best match he's ever played. John Higgins was simply awesome in that match. That's the best I've seen him play in years. |
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Post by rubcale on Oct 18, 2005 19:16:43 GMT 1
Sorry but snooker = YAWN!
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Post by -Big Dan- on Oct 18, 2005 19:17:47 GMT 1
You can just ignore this thread then.  |
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Post by Kristofferson67 on Oct 19, 2005 11:01:53 GMT 1
Anyone see the Grand Prix final yesterday? John Higgins was awesome. Probably the best match he's ever played. John Higgins was simply awesome in that match. That's the best I've seen him play in years. I'm gutted. Had to work on Sunday so missed the whole thing. Whilst on this subject, does anyone else find it strange, that everyday during a snooker tournment, there are highlights on around midnight on BBC2, but there are never highlights of the final!  |
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Post by Panda on Oct 19, 2005 17:23:53 GMT 1
John Higgins was simply awesome in that match. That's the best I've seen him play in years. I'm gutted. Had to work on Sunday so missed the whole thing. Whilst on this subject, does anyone else find it strange, that everyday during a snooker tournment, there are highlights on around midnight on BBC2, but there are never highlights of the final! I'd never noticed that! I can only think it's because there isn't much live coverage most days, whilst they always show all of the final of a tournament live. |
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Post by Panda on Oct 19, 2005 17:30:25 GMT 1
2005/06 Calendar:
(* = non-ranking tournament)
August
17-21 Northern Ireland Trophy (Belfast)*
Winner: Matthew Stevens
October
8-16 Grand Prix (Preston)
Winner: John Higgins
29 Pot Black Cup (London)*
December
5-18 UK Championship (York)
January
15-22 The Masters (Wembley)*
30-5th Feb Malta Cup (Malta)
February
27-5th Mar Welsh Open
March
20-26 China Open
April
15-1st May World Championship (Sheffield)
At least one more ranking event will be added to the calendar.
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Post by Panda on Oct 28, 2005 22:09:48 GMT 1
Tomorrow is the Pot Black Cup!
It's a single frame knockout event featuring 8 of the game's top players.
The draw:
John Higgins v Stephen Maguire
Shaun Murphy v Jimmy White
Stephen Hendry v Matthew Stevens
Ronnie O'Sullivan v Paul Hunter
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Post by -Big Dan- on Oct 29, 2005 1:03:22 GMT 1
Oh yes, I'll be watching that for sure!
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Post by Panda on Oct 29, 2005 13:32:45 GMT 1
John Higgins beats Stephen Maguire 64-5...
Hopefully, there'll actually be some LIVE coverage on BBC1 this afternoon...
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Post by Panda on Oct 29, 2005 13:54:52 GMT 1
Shaun Murphy beats Jimmy White with a Pot Black record break of 111.
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Post by Panda on Oct 29, 2005 14:11:45 GMT 1
Matthew Stevens beats Stephen Hendry 73-40.
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Post by Panda on Oct 29, 2005 14:31:15 GMT 1
Paul Hunter beats Ronnie O'Sullivan 56-40.
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Post by Panda on Oct 29, 2005 15:10:44 GMT 1
Shaun Murphy beats John Higgins 71-49 in the first semi-final...
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Post by Panda on Oct 29, 2005 15:31:51 GMT 1
Matthew Stevens beats Paul Hunter 96-7...
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Post by Panda on Oct 30, 2005 17:47:35 GMT 1
Matthew Stevens won the final 53-27. Pretty good, overall. I hope they do it again next year.
Tomorrow sees the start of qualifying for the UK Championship, the second-biggest ranking tournament after the World Championship.
The top 32 qualify automatically for the final stages in December, with the top 16 (top 15 + Shaun Murphy) getting a bye to the second round.
That leaves 64 players battling it out for 16 qualifying places.
First qualifying round:
Sean Storey v Hugh Abernethy
Scott Mackenzie v Mark Allen
David Roe v Jin Long
Adam Davies v Bjorn Haneveer
Rod Lawler v Nick Dyson
Joe Delaney v James McBain
Simon Bedford v Alex Borg
Paul Wykes v Stuart Mann
Darren Morgan v David Gilbert
Paul Davies v Moh Keen Ho
Alfie Burden v Liang Wenbo
Andrew Norman v Habib Subah
David McDonnell v Gary Wilkinson
Ding Junhui v Judd Trump
Leo Fernandez v Gary Wilson
Joe Jogia v Steve James
Byes to second qualifying round:
Lee Walker
James Tatton
Lee Spick
Mike Dunn
Patrick Wallace
Jamie Cope
Brian Morgan
Chris Norbury
Tom Ford
Jimmy Michie
Marcus Campbell
Justin Astley
Jamie Burnett
Robin Hull
Matthew Couch
Shokat Ali
Byes to third qualifying round: (players ranked 33-48)
Joe Swail
Tony Drago
Michael Judge
Gerard Greene
Dominic Dale
Adrian Gunnell
Ricky Walden
Drew Henry
Ryan Day
Stuart Pettman
Mark Davis
Stuart Bingham
Mark Selby
Fergal O'Brien
Rory McLeod
Dave Harold
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Post by Panda on Oct 31, 2005 20:07:29 GMT 1
Today's qualifying results:
Sean Storey 9-5 Hugh Abernethy
Scott Mackenzie 8-9 Mark Allen
David Roe 9-7 Jin Long
Adam Davies 4-9 Bjorn Haneveer
Rod Lawler 9-2 Nick Dyson
Joe Delaney 9-3 James McBain
Simon Bedford 3-9 Alex Borg
Paul Wykes 9-3 Stuart Mann
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